Management emphasis and performance in the airline industry: An exploratory multilevel analysis

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 443-463

  Gudmundsson, Sveinn Vidar ^a  

^a TOULOUSE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Airline performance; Airline strategy; Airlines; Business distress; Business performance; Business success; Multilevel analysis

Indexed keywords

FACTOR ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AIRLINE INDUSTRY; AIRLINE PERFORMANCE; AIRLINE STRATEGY; BUSINESS DISTRESS; BUSINESS PERFORMANCE; BUSINESS SUCCESS; FINANCIAL DISTRESS; HIGH-LEVEL FACTORS; MULTI-LEVEL ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE;

AIR TRANSPORTATION;

AIR TRANSPORTATION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS;

EID: 6944219852     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2004.08.004     Document Type: Article

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